First Horizon National Corporation

First Horizon National Corporation at a Glance

Uppers

"Very supportive team culture"

Downers

"Limited resources"

About First Horizon National Corporation

What's on the horizon?

First Horizon National Corporation is a national
corporation that includes FTN Financial, its capital markets
division and one of the nation's top underwriters of U.S.
government agency securities; and First Tennessee Bank, which offer
retail and commercial banking services. Historically, First
Horizon's regional banking segment has produced the bulk of its
revenue followed by mortgage banking, capital markets and the
corporate unit. First Horizon has been on AARP's list of Best
Employers for Workers Over fifty every year since 2003, and Working
Mother's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers list since
1995.

Est. Memphis, 1864

First Horizon can trace its roots back to 1864, when the Civil War
brought Memphis, Tenn., under military control, virtually ceasing
trade in the city and moving business to a standstill. Local
resident Frank S. Davis believed the answer to his hometown's woes
could be found in the National Banking Act, which had been passed
the year before. This law created a system of national banks
chartered and supervised by the federal government, and Davis was
determined to bring a bank to Memphis. The institution he
founded, the First National Bank of Memphis, was his city's first
national bank and the predecessor of today's First Horizon National
Corporation.

Davis' bank survived the rocky rebuilding of Memphis, as well as
two yellow fever epidemics and two world wars. By 1967, it
was the largest bank in the mid-South. It was reorganized in
1971 as a multi-bank holding company and renamed First Tennessee
National Corporation. When the company expanded into Virginia
in 2003, it named its branches First Horizon, and in 2004 the
company was officially renamed First Horizon National Company to
reflect its reach across the U.S. Today, First Horizon
remains a major player in its native Tennessee and the South, but
its growth has taken its offices into more than 30 states and
around the country.